A Dobbins' Day

My sister's and I traveled back to MN for my Grandpa's memorial. We each took our youngest with us, who all happened to be girls. So the 6 girls took a little time to remember Grandpa Mitton. I'm not sure why I don't have any pictures of Cathy or Abigail. These ones came from my phone, so maybe the other ones were on my camera? Oh well, here's a few of Sara, Sophie, Me and Coral.

The Springs Preserve is a fun place to visit. It tells the story of Las Vegas and about living in the desert. While we were there with Grandma and Grandpa Mitton we got to see a bird show that was quite fascinating.

Grandma and Grandpa Mitton came to vist us in January. We celebrated A.J's baptism, had a belated Christmas, spent lots of time together and celebrated Sara's birthday. It was a fun visit. We sure miss them!

I don't have very good excuses for not posting for so long. I guess I really didn't know how to get the pictures off of my camera until now. My memory card is full from Christmas pictures until after Easter! So now that I've figured it out, I have a LOT to post about and even though its "old news" now it might be new to you! Plus you can think of it as catching up with an old friend that you haven't seen in a while. I hope you'll enjoy the next few weeks as I get the pictures downloaded! Here is a family picture from when my parents were visiting in December. It was hard getting so many little ones to look at the camera and actually smile. It turned out o.k. though and its nice to have us all together. Grandma & Grandpa Mitton with all the grandkids! They sure miss them when they are back in Minnesota. It will be fun when we can all be there this summer.

I'm still having a hard time with my pictures transfering, so I don't have any pictures of Isaac. Hopefully they weren't lost. I just want to post this because January is almost over and its time to be done with this post. We did have a wonderful Christmas. Thank you to everyone for the great presents and for the fun times we had together.

We had a great party, filled with lots of good dutch oven cooking and lots of family. The kids had fun "helping" Grandpa with his trick candles and then they rode around and played.

Since my parents place at the lake is a work in progress, on this trip we worked on making the road a little bigger. The kids were great helpers and loved the bobcat.

Audrey & Hunter went for a canoe ride one evening with Grandma & Grandpa Mitton. They went to look for a beaver dam. Unfortunatly the beavers had moved on. The kids did really good sitting still so the canoe wouldn't rock. They liked being so close to the water.

I was browsing through the pictures on my memory card when I came across this... WHAT? Is that my daughter up in a tree??? Uh, yep. And just how did that 2 year old monkey get up the tree do you ask? Well... Grandpa Mitton of course!